Transfiguration; Ascension
Makerdesigned by
Edward Burne-Jones
(British, 1833 - 1898)
Maker
Morris and Company
(London, British, 1861 - 1940)
Additional Title(s)
- Design for Stained Glass
Collections
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Dateca. 1919
Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper
Dimensions10 1/2 x 7 5/8 in. (26.7 x 19.4 cm.)
DescriptionDesign for stained glass. Two cusped lights with quatrefoil above and tracery. Left light shows Christ between Moses and Elias in sky, above, three sleeping apostles below. Foliage above and below with colored borders- scroll below. Right light shows Ascension of CHrist - an angel on either side of him, earth below. Above, quatrefoil of three minstrel angels - scrolled tracery.
Inscribedrecto upper left in graphite: "HALAM CH./ Southwell";
in graphite by a separate hand: "Halam";
in black ink by a separate hand: "HALAM No.2";
bottom in graphite by Sandy Berger: "331-1919";
verso in graphite by Sandy Berger: "Pg. 331 Oct. 10, 1919/ Mr. Titcomb/ Mr. Chadwick/ Mr. Watson";
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on viewObject number2000.5.836
Unknown, British, 20th Century
ca. 1915
Object number: 2000.5.800
Unknown
ca. 1934
Object number: 2000.5.1030
Edward Burne-Jones
1912
Object number: 2000.5.656
